Fleeing driver pleads guilty

Wednesday

Jan 23, 2013 at 6:00 PMJan 25, 2013 at 9:21 PM

By Daily Telegram staff

ADRIAN — A Tecumseh man forced off the road by a Michigan State Police trooper last month pleaded guilty Wednesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court to driving a stolen pickup and fleeing police while using drugs.

David Curtis Taylor, 27, admitted stealing a 1994 Chevrolet Silverado pickup on Dec. 15 in Madison Township. He was driving a stolen Chevrolet S-10 pickup later that day when a trooper attempted a traffic stop on M-52 near Tecumseh.

"What did you do?" asked Judge Margaret M.S. Noe.

"Pressed the gas," Taylor said. The chase ended when he crashed the truck after colliding with the police car. He agreed he did not stop because he was driving a stolen truck. He also pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine.

"Were you under the influence of drugs when you did all these things?" Noe asked.

"Yes, ma'am," Taylor answered.

He was ordered returned on March 7 for sentencing.

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